fleas

my puppy dog has been attacked by fleas and had always heard frontline was the best product available. but when i went to petmeds.com to order some i find bad review after bad review. according to the customer reviews, seems either they've changed the formula or fleas have developed a resistance. anyone else using frontline and having this problem? any other products that might me better? my little buddy is miserable and needs your help.

First, burn everything you own. You never get rid of fleas. They're nasty bastards. You best get yourself, your dog and anything else alive out of there for a full day and set off top-quality flea bombs. Don't forget your fish tanks. We did once. It was ugly.

Go to the vet and get a Sentinel. Heartworms, ticks, fleas. One pill a month, never an issue with the bugs. F Frontline. Stay away. We haven't dealt with fleas in about 20 years, thanks to Sentinel.
Oh, find a good flea dip and dip the pup in there.

May have to treat your yard, too, but we stopped doing that when we went to Sentinel.

First, burn everything you own. You never get rid of fleas. They're nasty bastards. You best get yourself, your dog and anything else alive out of there for a full day and set off top-quality flea bombs. Don't forget your fish tanks. We did once. It was ugly.

Go to the vet and get a Sentinel. Heartworms, ticks, fleas. One pill a month, never an issue with the bugs. F Frontline. Stay away. We haven't dealt with fleas in about 20 years, thanks to Sentinel.
Oh, find a good flea dip and dip the pup in there.

May have to treat your yard, too, but we stopped doing that when we went to Sentinel.

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Rented a joint once that was a total flea-trap. Like Moddy said, bug bomb the shit out of that place.

Also, while you're bug bombing your place take your dog in to have it treated (flea shampoo, dip, etc.). The Sentinel can take a few days to work, allowing the fleas to reinfest your apartment, house, whatever.

I went through a horrible flea experience with my cat a couple years back.

The thing with Frontline is that is doesn't kill the fleas that are already there. It prevents future eggs from hatching. So buying it after the fact is useless. Like somebody else touched on, the eggs work in cycles and there is a particular stage of the cycle where NOTHING can kill it. That's why you need to bomb, wait a few days for those eggs in the immune stage to enter the more vulnerable stage and then bomb again. I had countless conversations with my vet about this.

If you're good about putting on Frontline every month, it works great. I've been doing that ever since and haven't had any problems.

One thing is for sure, having fleas in your house is a MISERABLE experience.